Improved medical compound



- LLIAM of TAIT, or ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA.

Lam Patent No. 104,791, dated-J1me 28,1870.

aw- FMPROVEB IMEDICAL 'COMPOUND.

The Schedule refeired to in these Letters .Pateutaud making part 0! the same,

To all whom it may concerns 7 Be it known that I, WILLIAM-0. Terr, of Alexandria, in the parish of Rapides and State of Louis .ia-na, have invented a new and useful Improvement inMedioal Compound; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeauduse the same. 1

This invention relates 'to a new and valuable ill]- provement in a compound to beused as a medicine for coughs and for all affections ofthelnngsor bronchial tubes, and other'afictions of the human system, proceeding from colds, exposure, or other causes.

In carryingont my invention or discovery, I make use of the ingredients hereinafter named, in about the proportions specified, and in the manner described as follows, viz;

Benzoic acid, one ounce; balsam tolu, five ounces; liquid stomx, five ounces; gum ammoniac, five ounces; gum opium, oue-halfonn gum myrrh, two ounces; alcohol, one gallon.

" The above gums and other articles are put into the alcohol, and the mixture is allowed to stand for the space of about fourteen days. It is then filtered, and

" one-half gallon of clarified honey and a half gallon of oxymcl squills are added, and then, to every pint of the mixture thus made, Iadd four minnims of oil of bitter almonds.

A. dose of this medicine for an adult, is about two teaspoonfuls every three hours, but the dose is variable according to the condition of the patient,

A dose for children of from six to eight years of age is froni twenty to thirty drops, variable, according to age and condition, for all children.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The above-described compound, substantially as'and for the purposes specified. WILLIAM .0. TAIT.

\Vitnesses: T

Mines Rosnncruan, C. It. Connrns. 

